2017 in women's road cycling

2017 in women's road cycling is about the 2017 women's bicycle races ruled by the UCI and the 2017 UCI Women's Teams.

World Rankings

UCI Women's World Rankings (Individual), as of 31 December 2017

Rank	Rider	Team	Points	Prev	Move♦
1	Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)	Orica–Scott	1475.00	1
2	Anna van der Breggen (NED)	Boels–Dolmans	1252.00	2
3	Marianne Vos (NED)	WM3 Pro Cycling	1012.00	3
4	Ellen van Dijk (NED)	Team Sunweb	1003.00	4
5	Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL)	WM3 Pro Cycling	999.00	5

^♦Change since previous week's rankings
^♣U23 rider

UCI Women's World Rankings (Teams), as of 31 December 2017

Rank	Team	Points	Prev	Move♦
1	Boels–Dolmans	3368	1
2	Team Sunweb	3050	2
3	Orica–Scott	2705	3
4	WM3 Pro Cycling	2413	5
5	Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling	2334	4

UCI Women's World Rankings (Nations), as of 31 December 2017

Rank	Nation	Points	Prev	Move♦
1	Netherlands	5398	1
2	United States	2545	2
3	Italy	2396	3
4	Australia	2260	4
5	United Kingdom	1672	5

World Championships

Main article: 2017 UCI Road World Championships

The World Road Championships is set to be held in Bergen, Norway.

	Race	Date	Winner	Second	Third
World Road Championships	Team Time Trial	17 September	Team Sunweb	Boels–Dolmans	Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling
			Lucinda Brand (NED) Leah Kirchmann (CAN) Floortje Mackaij (NED) Coryn Rivera (USA) Sabrina Stultiens (NED) Ellen van Dijk (NED)	Chantal Blaak (NED) Karol-Ann Canuel (CAN) Megan Guarnier (USA) Christine Majerus (LUX) Amy Pieters (NED) Anna van der Breggen (NED)	Stephanie Gaumnitz (GER) Lisa Klein (GER) Clara Koppenburg (GER) Lotta Lepistö (FIN) Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (DEN) Ashleigh Moolman (RSA)
	Individual Time Trial	19 September	Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)	Anna van der Breggen (NED)	Katrin Garfoot (AUS)
	Road Race	23 September	Chantal Blaak (NED)	Katrin Garfoot (AUS)	Amalie Dideriksen (DEN)

UCI Women's WorldTour

See also: UCI Women's WorldTour and 2017 UCI Women's World Tour

Races in the 2017 UCI Women's World Tour

Race ()	Date	Winner	Second	Third	Leader
Strade Bianche	4 March	Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) Wiggle High5	Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL) WM3 Pro Cycling	Lizzie Deignan (GBR) Boels–Dolmans	Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) Wiggle High5
Ronde van Drenthe	11 March	Amalie Dideriksen (DEN) Boels–Dolmans	Elena Cecchini (ITA) Canyon–SRAM	Lucinda Brand (NED) Team Sunweb
Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio	19 March	Coryn Rivera (USA) Team Sunweb	Arlenis Sierra (CUB) Astana	Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (DEN) Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling
Gent–Wevelgem	26 March	Lotta Lepistö (FIN) Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling	Jolien D'Hoore (BEL) Wiggle High5	Coryn Rivera (USA) Team Sunweb
Tour of Flanders	2 April	Coryn Rivera (USA) Team Sunweb	Gracie Elvin (AUS) Orica–Scott	Chantal Blaak (NED) Boels–Dolmans	Coryn Rivera (USA) Team Sunweb
Amstel Gold Race	16 April	Anna van der Breggen (NED) Boels–Dolmans	Lizzie Deignan (GBR) Boels–Dolmans	Dead heat Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL) (WM3 Pro Cycling) Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) (Orica–Scott)
La Flèche Wallonne	19 April	Anna van der Breggen (NED) Boels–Dolmans	Lizzie Deignan (GBR) Boels–Dolmans	Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL) WM3 Pro Cycling
Liège–Bastogne–Liège	23 April	Anna van der Breggen (NED) Boels–Dolmans	Lizzie Deignan (GBR) Boels–Dolmans	Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL) WM3 Pro Cycling	Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) Orica–Scott
Tour of Chongming Island	5–7 May	Jolien D'Hoore (BEL) Wiggle High5	Kirsten Wild (NED) Cylance Pro Cycling	Chloe Hosking (AUS) Alé–Cipollini
Tour of California	11–14 May	Anna van der Breggen (NED) Boels–Dolmans	Katie Hall (USA) UnitedHealthcare	Arlenis Sierra (CUB) Astana	Anna van der Breggen (NED) Boels–Dolmans
The Women's Tour	7–11 June	Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL) WM3 Pro Cycling	Christine Majerus (LUX) Boels–Dolmans	Hannah Barnes (GBR) Canyon–SRAM	Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL) WM3 Pro Cycling
Giro d'Italia Internazionale Femminile	30 June–9 July	Anna van der Breggen (NED) Boels–Dolmans	Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) Wiggle High5	Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) Orica–Scott	Anna van der Breggen (NED) Boels–Dolmans
La Course by Le Tour de France	20 July	Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) Orica–Scott	Lizzie Deignan (GBR) Boels–Dolmans	Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) Wiggle High5
RideLondon Classique	29 July	Coryn Rivera (USA) Team Sunweb	Lotta Lepistö (FIN) Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling	Lisa Brennauer (GER) Canyon–SRAM
Crescent Vårgårda UCI Women's WorldTour TTT	11 August	Boels–Dolmans	Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling	Canyon–SRAM
Crescent Vårgårda UCI Women's WorldTour	13 August	Lotta Lepistö (FIN) Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling	Marianne Vos (NED) WM3 Pro Cycling	Leah Kirchmann (CAN) Team Sunweb
Ladies Tour of Norway	17–20 August	Marianne Vos (NED) WM3 Pro Cycling	Megan Guarnier (USA) Boels–Dolmans	Ellen van Dijk (NED) Team Sunweb
GP de Plouay-Lorient Agglomération	26 August	Lizzie Deignan (GBR) Boels–Dolmans	Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA) Canyon–SRAM	Sarah Roy (AUS) Orica–Scott
Holland Ladies Tour	29 August–3 September	Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) Orica–Scott	Anna van der Breggen (NED) Boels–Dolmans	Ellen van Dijk (NED) Team Sunweb
Madrid Challenge by la Vuelta	10 September	Jolien D'Hoore (BEL) Wiggle High5	Coryn Rivera (USA) Team Sunweb	Roxane Fournier (FRA) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
Source:

Single day races (1.1 and 1.2)

Race	Date	Cat. †	Winner	Second	Third
Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race ()	January 28	1.2	Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)	Ruth Winder (USA)	Mayuko Hagiwara (JPN)
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad ()	February 25	1.1	Lucinda Brand (NED)	Chantal Blaak (NED)	Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)
Omloop van het Hageland ()	February 26	1.1	Jolien D'Hoore (BEL)	Chloe Hosking (AUS)	Sarah Roy (AUS)
Le Samyn des Dames ()	March 1	1.2	Sheyla Gutiérrez (ESP)	Amy Pieters (NED)	Tiffany Cromwell (AUS)
Acht van Westerveld ()	March 12	1.2	Chloe Hosking (AUS)	Lotte Kopecky (BEL)	Amalie Dideriksen (DEN)
Dwars door Vlaanderen ()	March 22	1.1	Lotta Lepistö (FIN)	Gracie Elvin (AUS)	Lisa Brennauer (GER)
Pajot Hills Classic ()	March 29	1.2	Annette Edmondson (AUS)	Barbara Guarischi (ITA)	Ilaria Sanguineti (ITA)
Grand Prix de Dottignies ()	April 3	1.2	Jolien D'Hoore (BEL)	Chloe Hosking (AUS)	Jelena Erić (SRB)
EPZ Omloop van Borsele ()	April 22	1.1	Riejanne Markus (NED)	Eugenia Bujak (POL)	Marianne Vos (NED)
GP della Liberazione ()	April 25	1.2	Marta Bastianelli (ITA)	Rasa Leleivytė (LTU)	Soraya Paladin (ITA)
Tour de Yorkshire ()	April 29	1.2	Lizzie Deignan (GBR)	Coryn Rivera (USA)	Giorgia Bronzini (ITA)
Trofee Maarten Wynants ()	May 7	1.2	Marianne Vos (NED)	Maria Giulia Confalonieri (ITA)	Eva Buurman (NED)
Rabobank Marianne Vos Classic ()	May 13	1.2	Marianne Vos (NED)	Moniek Tenniglo (NED)	Demi de Jong (NED)
Dwars door de Westhoek ()	May 14	1.1	Valentina Scandolara (ITA)	Natalie van Gogh (ITA)	Maria Giulia Confalonieri (ITA)
Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria ()	May 16	1.2	Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)	Shara Gillow (AUS)	Eider Merino (ESP)
Salverda Omloop van de IJsseldelta ()	May 20	1.2	Nina Buysman (NED)	Loes Adegeest (NED)	Lucy Garner (GBR)
Ronde van Gelderland ()	April 21	1.2	Cancelled
La Classique Morbihan ()	May 25	1.1	Ashleigh Moolman (RSA)	Alena Amialiusik (BLR)	Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (DEN)
Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan Dames ()	May 26	1.1	Ashleigh Moolman (RSA)	Alena Amialiusik (BLR)	Shara Gillow (AUS)
Horizon Park Women Challenge ()	May 27	1.2	Alžbeta Pavlendová (SVK)	Taisa Naskovich (BLR)	Maryna Ivaniuk (UKR)
VR Women ITT ()	May 28	1.2	Hanna Solovey (UKR)	Olga Shekel (UKR)	Valeriya Kononenko (UKR)
Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik ()	May 28	1.1	Marianne Vos (NED)	Ellen van Dijk (NED)	Maria Giulia Confalonieri (ITA)
Winston-Salem Cycling Classic ()	May 29	1.2	Lauren Stephens (USA)	Leah Thomas (USA)	Lauretta Hanson (AUS)
Grand Prix Cycliste de Gatineau ()	June 1	1.1	Leah Kirchmann (CAN)	Kirsti Lay (CAN)	Kendall Ryan (USA)
Chrono Gatineau ()	June 2	1.1	Lauren Stephens (USA)	Karol-Ann Canuel (CAN)	Amber Neben (USA)
Zuidkempense Ladies Classic ()	June 4	1.2	Cancelled
Ljubljana–Domžale–Ljubljana TT ()	June 9	1.2	Ann-Sophie Duyck (BEL)	Eugenia Bujak (POL)	Elinor Barker (GBR)
Diamond Tour ()	June 11	1.1	Nina Kessler (NED)	Monique van de Ree (NED)	Chiara Consonni (ITA)
Giro del Trentino Alto Adige – Sudtirol ()	June 17	1.1	Nikola Nosková (CZE)	Hanna Nilsson (SWE)	Sina Frei (SUI)
White Spot / Delta Road Race ()	July 9	1.2	Kendall Ryan (USA)	Elizabeth Williams (AUS)	Holly Edmondston (NZL)
Grand Prix of Boise ()	July 14	1.2	Cancelled
Erondegemse Pijl ()	August 5	1.2	Julia Soek (NED)	Rachel Neylan (AUS)	Esther Van Veen (NED)
Chrono Champenois ()	September 10	1.1	Cancelled
Giro dell'Emilia Internazionale Donne Elite ()	September 30	1.1	Tatiana Guderzo (ITA)	Rasa Leleivytė (LTU)	Rossella Ratto (ITA)
Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli Internazionale Donne Elite ()	October 1	1.1	Marta Bastianelli (ITA)	Elisa Balsamo (ITA)	Letizia Paternoster (ITA)
Chrono des Nations ()	October 15	1.1	Audrey Cordon (FRA)	Ann-Sophie Duyck (BEL)	Hayley Simmonds (GBR)
Tour of Guangxi Women's Elite World Challenge ()	October 24	1.1	Maria Vittoria Sperotto (ITA)	Amy Cure (AUS)	Lucy Garner (GBR)
Telkom 947 Cycle Challenge ()	November 19	1.1	Ashleigh Moolman (RSA)	Vita Heine (NOR)	Christa Riffel (GER)

† The clock symbol denotes a race which takes the form of a one-day time trial.

Stage races (2.1 and 2.2)

Race	Date	Cat.	Winner	Second	Third
Santos Women's Tour ()	January 14–17	2.2	Amanda Spratt (AUS)	Janneke Ensing (NED)	Kirsten Wild (NED)
Setmana Ciclista Valenciana ()	March 8–11	2.2	Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (DEN)	Arlenis Sierra (CUB)	Ashleigh Moolman (RSA)
Joe Martin Stage Race ()	March 30–April 2	2.2	Ruth Winder (USA)	Lauren Stephens (USA)	Claire Rose (GBR)
Healthy Ageing Tour ()	April 5–9	2.2	Ellen van Dijk (NED)	Anna van der Breggen (NED)	Lisa Brennauer (GER)
Tour of the Gila ()	April 19–23	2.2	Tayler Wiles (USA)	Katie Hall (USA)	Leah Thomas (USA)
Gracia–Orlová ()	April 27–30	2.2	Riejanne Markus (NED)	Anouska Koster (NED)	Moniek Tenniglo (NED)
Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs ()	April 28–30	2.1	Christine Majerus (LUX)	Eugenia Bujak (POL)	Ashleigh Moolman (RSA)
Tour of Zhoushan Island ()	May 10–12	2.1	Charlotte Becker (GER)	Anastasiia Iakovenko (RUS)	Emilie Moberg (NOR)
Emakumeen Euskal Bira ()	May 17–21	2.1	Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (RSA)	Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)	Katrin Garfoot (AUS)
Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska ()	July 6–9	2.2	Ruth Winder (USA)	Tayler Wiles (USA)	Ann-Sophie Duyck (BEL)
Internationale Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen ()	July 12–18	2.1	Lisa Brennauer (GER)	Ellen van Dijk (NED)	Hayley Simmonds (GBR)
BeNe Ladies Tour ()	July 13–16	2.1	Marianne Vos (NED)	Alice Barnes (GBR)	Annette Edmondson (AUS)
Cascade Cycling Classic ()	July 19–23	2.2	Allie Dragoo (USA)	Sara Poidevin (CAN)	Jasmin Glaesser (CAN)
Tour de Pologne Féminin	July 23–27	2.2	Cancelled
Vuelta Internacional Femenina a Costa Rica ()	July 26–30	2.2	Arlenis Sierra (CUB)	Blanca Liliana Moreno (COL)	Lilibeth Chacón (COL)
La Route de France ()	August 5–13	2.1	Cancelled
Trophée d'Or Féminin ()	August 21–24	2.2	Cancelled
Lotto Belisol Belgium Tour ()	September 5–8	2.1	Anouska Koster (NED)	Ruth Winder (USA)	Marianne Vos (NED)
Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche ()	September 5–10	2.2	Lucy Kennedy (AUS)	Hanna Nilsson (SWE)	Leah Thomas (USA)
Giro della Toscana ()	September 8–10	2.2	Ashleigh Moolman (RSA)	Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (DEN)	Ewelina Szbiak (POL)
Vuelta a Colombia Femenina Oro y Paz ()	October 24–29	2.2	Ana Sanabria (COL)	Lilibeth Chacón (COL)	Blanca Liliana Moreno (COL)

Source

Championships

International Games

Championships	Race	Winner	Second	Third
Southeast Asian Games	Criterium	Nguyễn Thị Thật (VIE)	Jupha Somnet (MAS)	Jutatip Maneephan (THA)
	Road race	Nguyễn Thị Thật (VIE)	Jupha Somnet (MAS)	Ayustina Delia Priatna (INA)
Games of the Small States of Europe	Road Race	Elise Maes (LUX)	Erla Sigurlaug Sigurdardottir (ISL)	Edie Antonia Rees (LUX)
	Team Road Race	Luxembourg	Malta	Not awarded
	Time Trial	Antri Christoforou (CYP)	Elise Maes (LUX)	Anne-Sophie Harsch (LUX)
Island Games	Individual Time Trial	Christine McLean (Shetland)	Karina Bowie (JER)	Florence Cox (GUE)
	Team Time Trial	Guernsey	Jersey	Isle of Man
	Road Race	Tara Ferguson (Isle of Man)	Zoenique Williams (Bermuda)	Nicole Mitchell (Bermuda)
	Road Race (Team)	Isle of Man	Bermuda	Guernsey
	Criterium	Zandra Larsson (Gotland)	Zoenique Williams (BER)	Florence Cox (JEY)
	Criterium (Team)	Bermuda (BER)	Isle of Man (IOM)	Jersey (JEY)
Jeux de la Francophonie	Road Race	Pauline Allin (FRA)	Soline Lamboley (FRA)	Lex Albrecht (CAN)
Caribbean Cycling Championships	Road race	Teniel Campbell (TRI)	Solymar Rivera (PUR)	Nicole Mitchell (BER)
	Time Trial	Teniel Campbell (TRI)	Lisa Groothuesheidkamp (CUR)	Laura Gueppois (MTQ)
Juegos Bolivarianos	Road race	Lilibeth Chacón (VEN)	Diana Peñuela (COL)	Paula Patiño (COL)
	Time Trial	Aranza Villalón (CHI)	Ana Sanabria (COL)	Lilibeth Chacón (VEN)

Continental Championships

Championships	Race	Winner	Second	Third
African Continental Championships Egypt	Road race	Aurelie Halbwachs	Kimberley Le Court	Charlene Roux
	Individual time trial	Aurelie Halbwachs	Mossana Debesay	Juanita Venter
	Team time trial	Eritrea Wehazit Kidane Mossana Debesay Bisrat Ghebremeskel Wegaheta Gebrihiwt	Ethiopia Selam Amha Birhan Fkadu Abrha Tsega Beyene Eyeru Tesfoam Gebru	Egypt Zayed Ahmed Ebtisam Menatalla Essam Donia Mohamed Rashwan Fatma Hagrus
Oceania Cycling Championships Australia	Road race	Lisen Hockings	Shannon Malseed	Lucy Kennedy
	Individual time trial	Lucy Kennedy	Rebecca Mackey	Lisen Hockings
	U23 Individual time trial	Jaime Gunning	Mikayla Harvey	Madeleine Park
Pan American Championships Dominican Republic	Road race	Paola Muñoz	Wellynda Do Santos	Skylar Schneider
	Individual time trial	Chloé Dygert	Tayler Wiles	Marlies Mejías
Asian Cycling Championships Bahrain (2017 summary)	Road race	Qianyu Yang	Ahreum Na	Miho Yoshikawa
	U23 Road race	Chiayun Li	Yao Pang	Rinata Akhmetcha
	Individual time trial	Hongyu Liang	Ju Mi Lee	Yumi Kajihara
	U23 Individual time trial	Yekaterina Yuraitis	Yao Pang	Razan Soboh
European Road Championships Denmark (2017 summary)	Road race	Marianne Vos (NED)	Giorgia Bronzini (ITA)	Olga Zabelinskaya (RUS)
	Individual time trial	Ellen van Dijk (NED)	Ann-Sophie Duyck (BEL)	Anna van der Breggen (NED)
	Road race (U23)	Pernille Mathiesen (DEN)	Susanne Andersen (NOR)	Alice Barnes (GBR)
	Individual time trial (U23)	Pernille Mathiesen (DEN)	Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (DEN)	Lisa Klein (GER)

UCI teams

Main article: List of 2017 UCI Women's Teams and riders

The country designation of each team is determined by the country of registration of the largest number of its riders, and is not necessarily the country where the team is registered or based.